Pupils from the travelling community in Northern Ireland continue to struggle at school, with only 11 leavers achieving at least five A* to C GCSEs during the six-year period 2003/04 to 2009/10.
Data also shows that attendance continues to be poor and many children of traveller families leave school early.
In 2010/11, only 37 Traveller pupils were enrolled in year 12 compared with 86 in year 1 and the average attendance of those 37 pupils was less than 51 per cent.
Now, the North’s education minister John O’Dowd is bringing forward a new framework designed to encourage children to value education and offer them support to reach their full potential.
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